Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for August 22 – CNET

The New York Times Crossword Puzzle is legendary. But if you don’t have that much time, the Mini Crossword Puzzle is an entertaining alternative. The Mini Crossword is much easier than the old NYT Crossword, and you can probably solve it in a few minutes. But if you’re stuck, we have the answers.

The Mini Crossword is far from alone in the Times’ stable of games. Our homepage always has the answers for Wordle, Connections and Strands too.

Let’s take a look at the Mini Crossword clues and answers.

Mini on clues and answers

1A clue: Posted about “horse guy with bows” or “snotty summer boy”, for example.
Answer: MEMEN

5A clue: Trebek, game show host.
Answer: ALEX

6A indication: Apple product.
Answer: CIDER

8A clue: Food filled with carnitas or carne asada.
Answer: TACO

9A clue: “Anyone ___?”
Answer: OTHERWISE

Mini Down Clues and Answers

1D indication: Apple product.
Answer: MAC

2D Clue: The best of the best.
Answer: ELITE

3D clue: Olympic award.
Answer: MEDAL

4D clue: C-suite figures.
Answer: EXECS

7D clue: Caviar, e.g.
Answer: ROE

How to play more Mini Crosswords?

The New York Times Games Section offers a large number of online games, but only a few of them are free for everyone to play. You can play today’s Mini Crossword for free, but you will need a subscription to the Times Games section to play older puzzles from the archives.